Virgin have compiled a chart of the Top 11 Underground Transit Systems Throughout the World and guess which creaking ancient network of tunnels comes out on top? Yep, we’re number one! They do make it sound quite plush: Cushioned seats. LED time displays hanging from …
Another pummeling for the Olympics via land tax questions, demands for the actual budget to be revealed and how to justify a possible £9bn bill. Is Ken raising an army of Uruk-hai? If not then what exactly is happening to our trees? Badgers: 1, Silly …
Located on Westminster Bridge Road, The Feminist Library has existed in a state of constant emergency for a number of years now. Recent rent hikes have finally delivered a possible death blow, but the volunteers and members of the management committee are not going down …
As expected it turns out that faulty points were responsible for the train crash on Friday night: Investigators have found one of three stretcher bars was not in position, one had nuts and bolts missing and two were fractured. The bars join the moving rails, …
We love BBC America’s anglophenia because it’s always interesting to see what the other side of the pond thinks about the happenings in our own little goldfish bowl. This post, however, tackled a more serious subject than the usual pop culture geography when anglophenia popped …
Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of “Friday Night Lights” production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their …
Well it’s a nice thought isn’t it…
Lambeth town hall has come if for a good kicking: AN INFAMOUS council has become the worst in London. Lambeth has been judged the poorest performing council in the capital. It is now ranked among the five most pitiful councils in the whole of England. …
There was a recycling launch at the Tate Modern today – no, they didn’t shred all the Dali, but they did play host to London Remade and a possible solution to the capital’s waste and recycling infrastructure problem: The solution, entitled Leave no footprint, will …
When we heard that Orlando Bloom was building a green house in London our first thought was surely he has more than enough money to just buy tomatoes. But it turns out he means an environmentally friendly house: “It’s got solar panels on the roof, …
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